India, June 24 -- The Ujani dam in Maharashtra's Solapur district released 40,000 cusecs of water on Tuesday morning for the first time ever in June.

The early release, triggered by sustained rainfall since May 9, marks an unprecedented rise in water levels of Ujani, one of the largest dams in Maharashtra, earlier than usual.

"With storage crossing 70% over the past few days, we initiated controlled water release. As of this morning, the outflow has reached 40,000 cusecs," said Raosaheb More, executive engineer, Ujani dam Project.

"Never before has Ujani seen such levels in June," he added.

According to the latest data from the state water resources department, Ujani's live storage stood at 74.17% (1,125.38 million cubic metres) of it...